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Airport Info & Diagram
Flight Guide Online's complete comprehensive Airport info & Diagram
page provides the coverage, detail, and supplementary information you need
in today's complex aviation environment. Flight Guide Online's clear and
concise airport diagrams are unmatched among any other on-line resource
available today! Also included are flight operational information, navigation
& communication frequencies, lighting, businesses on field with their
locations, services & contact information, driving directions and fuel
prices. Airport data and diagrams are updated daily by our team of researchers.
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Airspace Graphics
Flight Guide Online provides a full size graphic for every Class-B, Class-C, TRSA
and selected Class-D airspace. A larger graphic depiction of each airport &
airspace is available by clicking on it's corresponding thumbnail. Airspace images
contain boundaries and altitudes as well as other nearby airspace entities including:
special-use airspace, visual checkpoints, selected geographical features (cities,
roads, lakes, rivers, etc.), "Xpct" boxes (what the tower is likely to instruct),
navaids (VORs and beacons), and state boundaries. Class-B graphic image pages
display the same information as Class C, D and TRSA pages in addition to IFR arrival
& departure routes, VFR corridors, VFR flyways & Transition routes.
Satellite Photos
In addition to airspace graphics & airport diagrams, Flight Guide
Online has teamed up with google maps to provide an instantaneous, in-depth,
satellite/aerial image of every airport. Images are dynamic, interactive
maps that are draggable–no clicking and waiting for graphics to
reload each time you want to view the adjacent parts of a map. Since these
maps are draggable, you can use your mouse or the directional arrows to
pan left, right, up and down to see areas that are hidden offscreen. You
can also use the map slider to zoom in and zoom out. Switching to the "map"
view allows you to view a detailaed driving map of the current airport as
well as surrounding areas. You can also choose the "hybrid" view, which
superimposes map data - including streets, street names, and landmarks -
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Off Field Information & Reservations
Need to find a nearby restaurant, hotel or car rental agency? Just click
on the "Off Field Info" tab to display local listings. Phone numbers
and mileage from the airport is also included for each listing for your
convenience. Click on the "Make Reservations" link to view availability,
rates and make reservations for your favorite hotel and car rental agencies.
Recreational information including special activities is also listed here.
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Printable Pages
Flight Guide Online gives you the option of printing out airport data, graphics
& supplementary information in two formats: 8 1/2 x 11 or knee-board
size 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. These printouts can be used for preflight planning or
in the cockpit, during your flight. |
Advanced Searches
Flight Guide Online gives you the ability to locate airports by searching
in-depth airport data like: runway types & lengths, hours attended,
lighting, instrument approach procedures and airports of entry. Businesses
on field services can also be searched like: fuel brand & octane, self
service fuel, courtesy cars, maintenance, parking, aircraft rentals &
sales, flight schools and more. On & off field restaurants, hotels and
transportation can also be searched. Finally, you can select your favorite
recreational activities to search by including: beaches, boating, camping,
fishing, golfing, water sports, winter sports and many more! |
Flight Log, Airport Notes & Pilot Chatter
Want to remember that great restaurant or FBO you used at a particular airport?
The "Airport Notes" section allows you to keep private comments,
pertinent information, or even a favorite restaurant or hotel, attached
to a particular airport for future reference. The "Flight Log"
page gives members the ability to log their flights and compute totals,
which can then be printed and used for personal record keeping or to apply
for a renewal of a medical certificate or aircraft insurance policy. If
you have questions regarding a certain airport or would like to share some
useful advice to others flying in to a particular airport, you can post
them in our "Pilot Chatter" group forum section. |
FlightPrep FlightPlan & Weather
 FlightPrep, the leading
provider of Electronic Flight Bag software, ChartCase Professional, powers
Flight Guide Online's Advanced Flight Planner & Weather. By simply clicking
on the Advanced Flight Planner button, you will have the ability to quickly
generate a flight plan to or from your selected airport, edit your route
using "rubber band" routing or by using the route editor, view
waypoint information and check the weather including: current airport
conditions, METAR/TAFs decoded & detailed forcasts. You can also
get a trip report showing leg times, distances and fuel flow, add your
own aircraft profile, display real-time weather along your route, and
do many of the other functions you find on dedicated, desktop flight
planners! Once you've finished planning your flight, you can save your
routes (accessible from any computer), generate a custom FAA Flight Plan
Form, populated with your flight plan data and file it electronically
with the FAA.
It's best feature is the automatic route planner. Plug in aircraft,
type of flight, departure point, destination, alternate destination,
cruise altitude, power setting, departure time, passengers on board,
winds aloft and the type of route you want to fly, and it does all the
work.
For your convenience, Flight Guide Online Members can
also access real-time weather briefings and graphics, by clicking on
the Aviation Weather map adjacent. Features include: surface analysis,
weather depiction, composite moisture stability chart, visible and infrared
satellite charts, US Radar and the 12 to 72 hour forecasts.
For Flight Guide Online members who'd like a more extensive flight planner,
you can upgrade to FlightPrep's Web Plan. Unlike crude
first generation internet flight planners that only provide static chart
representations, FlightPrep Web Plan features interactive user-defined
charts (VFR Sectional, WAC and Low & High IFR Enroute
and Approach Plates) with point & click,
and rubber-band routing. Flight Routes and Minimum Enroute Altitude (MEA)
are graphically depicted in an easy-to-read format. Profile views are
also included with an exaggerated pictorial representation of your route.
Terrain is depicted with exclusive shaded relief maps for enhanced utility.
Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFR) are shown graphically and labeled
textually, and continually updated 24/7 by the FAA. Accurate aircraft
modeling and graphic weight and balance are other key features FlightPrep
Web Plan has to offer. The Flight Planning Wizard quickly computes your
route, along with fuel stops, and selects the most efficient altitude
based on winds aloft. FlightPrep Web Plan provides a NEXRAD weather overlay
to make routing around weather easier. Additionally, TripKit provides
members the ability to build and print out Flight Plans, Flight Logs,
pertinent charts and weather graphics, for pre-flight planning or reference
during flight as high resolution PDFs. When you have finished planning
your flight, FlightPrep Web Plan files your flight plan online with DUATS
for you. Like Flight Guide Online, FlightPrep Web Plan is accessible
from any Internet compatible computer. All of these features available & integrated
within Flight Guide Online!
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Pilot Getaways Recreational Destination Electronic Magazine
Since 1998, Pilot Getaways has provided pilots with in-depth articles
and breathtaking photography on new and exciting destinations to
explore. These fly-in recreational destinations are now available
in electronic format through Flight Guide Online featuring: weekend
getaways, romantic escapes, fly-in dining, remote bush strips and
even complete flying vacations. |
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Sometimes You Get What You Ask For
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